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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1911)
V 3 itp 55 Our F i re Proof Vaults - are at your disposal Why not have a Safe Depost Box in which to keep your will insurance poli cies deeds abstracts notes leaese and otter valnable ppirs In this marner you s afe guard yourself against any pos sible loss by fire If you are not familiar with the plan we will be glad to have you call at the bank inspect the boxes and allow us to ex plain fully this secure way of taking care of your private papers and other valuables First National Bank AlcCook Nebr hid WffiTf ffcnnli - jyM By F M KIMMELL Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co Entered at postoffice McCook Nebraska as second class matter Published weekly The dead beat explains part of the Lgh cost of living to the hon est and cash paying citizen Walter I Smith the Council Bluffs standpat congressman picked that federal judgeship plum without an effot Keep your eye peelsd your snicker snee sharp and jour bludgeon loaded for the fellow who has no higher ideal of politics than to he in the game Some astute advertisers are never so well satisfied with themselves as they are after paying tribute to some traveling grafter in the advertising specialty line Colorado produces one fourth of thf beec sugar made in the United States and raises more sugar beets than any other state She has 16 factories The investment of capital is 18000 000 The 1910 manufactured product amounteclr 82527QIh In 909 Ne braska raispd 105000 iorrs of ouir Day By Day The maiden priced a diamond ring It sparkled like the She liked the diamond very much But she didnt hae the The maiden had no time to lose And folded up her ones and X got a scheme she coyly said Ill bo and find a beau and She bundled up in cloak and furs And lisped Ill charm the noble She didnt have so long to try For she found him at an oyster And on her dimpled finger fat He slipped the diamond while they useof Tjeets If we make wise our sugar beets opportunity this product will be Largely increased in 1911 Mt is a money making crop The national standard of popular rale as understood and practiced by Progressive Republicans has been un furled Senator Bourne of Oregon is president of the league and Congress man G W Norris of Nebraska is vice president The initial movement is backed by nine senators thirteen members of congress six governors and numerous important private citi zens of the land SUs s SUN MON TUES WED THUBS FBI SAT L C STOLL CO Diamonds Watches and Optical Goods BEGGS BLOOD PURIFIER CURES disease with Pure Blood KYTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTVTTTTTTYTYTTTTTTYVYTVTTB X IRRIGATION AND ALFALFA 3 5 CAAAAAiAAiAAAAAAAAAAAiAAAAiAAAAiAAAAAAAAAlAAAAiAiAAAI At the recent Land Show in Omaha age but it could he increased largely two matters of special importance to with profit Tco much cannot be farmers in Red Willow county were reasonably said or written favorably strikingly featured and emphasized to tujS great plant which an eoert Irrigation and alfalfa production In pronounces as the basic crop in both of these this county and por 1 western agriculture Alfalfa is not t ion of Nebraska are deeply concern- only a builder of muscle nerve and ed Both are within practical reach sinew hut supplies the waste of these nere Fall and spring irrigation in a tissues in the animal and provides larger scone is now mucuutiuit m uu an excess in iuu it is uecuiuiuu icu erert sections of the county with the facilities now at hand and the im pounding in suitable reservoirs of fall spring and flood waters would increase the acreage of pro ductive irrigated land and the pro ductivity cf irrigated land as com pared with dry farming can be ilearly shown For an instance The yield per acre in bushels in Nebras ka of wheat oats and potatoes is 191 256 820 respectively and the per acre value is 1418 809 4369 In the irrigated state of Colorado the acre production and value are 274 382 1440 and 2143 1860 8253 The value of land in the two states contrasted is of course equally as great We invite attention to the fact also that Western Nebraska has every attraction that Colorado has and more Western Nebraska has a onger growing season has the act vantage of less elevation has equal ly as much sunshine and as fertile soil and is nearer market The attention devoted to the cul tivation of that marvelous plant al falfa was also notewoVthy Red Wil low county already has quite an acre- City Council Proceedings The city council met in regular ses oi January 23 with the following ireseit Mayo Ed Huber Council nen L W McConnell H P Waite J R Stansberry and William Wood lit- Attorney 1 R McCarl Absent City Clerk H W Conover In the lbsence of the city clerk the mayor instructed J R McCarl to act as 2ity clerk pro tern The minutes of the meetings held January 9 1911 and January 11 1911 were read and approved The following bills were audited by the finance committee and on mo tion by Councilman Stansberry sec onded by Councilman McConnell wer allowed and warrants ordered issued for their payment Chas Skalla recording deed 1 00 L M Higgins boarding and lodging city prisoners 13 65 E S Howell Burnett fire 2 00 Geo Ray Burnett fire 2 00 G W Lunday Burnett fire 2 00 McCook Water Wks Co wat er 1st quarter 1911 500 00 Bullard Lumbe Co coal for scale office 1 10 J C Ball use of well pump and pipe 20 00 C R Woodworth fumigating material for P O Ben Olcott catching dogs 9 00 VT D Hare M D bill of city physician 66 00 First Nat Bank rent 1st quar ter City Hall 75 00 H P Sutton care of clock 20 00 W T Gathercole police duty 14 80 The claim of the McCook Cement Stone company for balance due on its bill of December 7 1909 to wit 25261 taken up for consideration On motion by Councilman McConnell seconded by Councilman Wood this matter was deferred until the next meeting Request by M H Griggs for elec tric street light and electric light service on 7th street West was read On motion by Councilman Waite sec onded by Councilman Wood this re quest was referred to the Light com 200 acres One of the finest farms in the country Nice home 8 room house large barn granary fine grove of large trees about the house Three miles from town 7 miles to county seat Price 850000 400 acres fine level farm rich fer tile land 235 acres in cultivation 70 acres native prairie meadow 4 room house large barn fenced and cross fenced 3 miles from town Price 1700000 160 acres 100 acres in cultivation 30 acres native prairie Balance pas ture Some timber Fenced and cross fenced Small substantial improve ments 2 miles from railroad town Price 35 per acre The above farms will be sold on very easy terms and possession can be given of fihe 200 acre farm in ten days For full particulars and description LOUISIANA LAND COM PANY Rooms 19 and 20 Burlington Clock Auto 2435 Bell 2186 4VSueSKi cgnized as an indispensable to the successful stock raiser Not only is alfalfa invaluable to stele growers but it is a splendid fertilizer of the soil an unequaled rotater Alfalfa from its marvelous ability to supply nitrogen to the soil may be regarded as the greatest re generator of wornout soil available gen in the soil that produces vigorous to western lands and its the nitro gen in the soil that produces vig orous vegetable growth that gives the big corn stalk the long straw and the dark green color in growing crops So let us devote more attention to irrigation and to alfalfa According to the plans and specifi ber Councilmen L W McConnell H P Waite J R Stansberry city Attorney J R McCarl Absent Councilman William Wood and City Clerk H W No sensible old hen will intention ally befoul her own nest Neith er will thoughtful citizens cripple their own city and county by too large ly investing their capital in enter prises and lands outside their own city county and state Nebraska Re Willow county and McCook have been age state county and city Let us have more confidence and pride in home Stand up for Nebraska by investing your surplus capital in her lands en terprises etc The Sisters of Pythias initiated four new members last evening and served light refreshments after the work of the evening was complet ed Huber handles the Carhartt gloves and caps also and a full line of other makes Lily Patent Flour when once used none other will satisfy you Try a Tribune want ad and watch results jlfr WVWWVTiiaBWW I EVER ON THE MOVE MODERN GREEKS HAVE PASSION FOR WANDERING Cafe Is Social Center of Town Little Comfort In the Homes Sisters Must Marry Before Their Brothers Do To the Greeks if we are to believe Ducke Ferriman the art of making a home is not knoVn which does not necessarily mean that the men of Hel las lack the notion of home or dis like It They understand home life otherwise than we do that is all One may meet with exquisite cleanliness Mr Ferriman states with beautifully embroidered bed linen scented with rosemary but never with what we mean by coziness The Greeks are far less in their houses than we are and when they are at home they appear to spend most of their time In looking out of the win dow They are not given to inviting their friends to their houses It is not that they are niggardly for they will gladly entertain you at a restau rant at far greater cost to themselves But it does not enter into their ideas to ask you home to dinner even after an acquaintance of many years They do not ask each other so it can hardly be expected that they should make an exception in the case of foreigners The cafe is a second cations of the Holdrege postoffice the he to them try life There they meet new building will be 62xS2 feet with frieQds and gossip That is one one story and basement The esti 1 fn pernaps why they dislike coun mated cost of the construction is 68000 and the time limit for the completion of the work is March 1 l12 The plans and specifications are compiled in a forty Jpage book and all the requirements carefully ex plained It offers no alternative to the home there the hearth is the social center while in town It is the cafe In Ath ens those who do not own the house they dwell in seldom remain long in the same abode Two or three years is quite a long tenure Many people make a point of moving every year The imposing facades of Athenian Vimr4 in n n n a 1 8 it A X mittee was instructed to investigate uuoca tuulc 1UI Pa a - Dare ana comtortless interior and a and report to the city council the ii xicpt Buiueu is line A iarses of discrimination lodged with garden g not made m and Ihe city council arainst the McCook person who changes his residence Electric company every twelve months does not want Request of E Benjamin for appoint- to be troubled with much furniture neit as night policeman read and or- j nor is he particular as to its arrange- dered filed ment seeing that it will be carted away in a few months The city council met in adjourned Home life has no resources for the cession January 24th with the Greeks as lt has for ug t ff lowing precent Mayor ja them little occupation and no amuse- ment They like to eat and drink in crowds where there is noise and move ment Their instincts are too gregarious to allow them to appreciate 1 t nrt imvinritn X n I - 1 1 T f Conover In the absence muuiacy wmen we prize of the city clerk the mayor instruct- i f c fr sem Greece ls usually Sunday but the day ed J R McCarl to act as city clerk of a days Jn the yegr s the gunday pro tem preceding the Christmas fast It Is not The following bill was audited by fashionable now to be married in the finance committee and on motion church In Athens the ceremony by Councilman McConnell seconded takes place in the house of the brides by Councilman Stansberry was al- A temporary altar is set up lowed and warrant ordered issued for I ntJIf middle f e room- At the conclusion of the ceremony its pajmenc the prest tne coupJe McCook Water Works Co and walk three times around the altar water for flushing sewer 123 20 J the guests pelting them with comfits The light committee reported that The most important part of the an investigation had been made of j mony is the crowning of the bride and the charges lodged with the council bridegroom with wreaths of orange blossoms- Hence a wedding is that the McCook Electric Company larly called the crowning - was discriminatins in its chanres for I A ove marriages are rare u c L c tlons The match is made by the par- 4 40 mittee found the company had a ents and relatives rather than by the ber of consumers to whom current parties principally concerned hvas being furnished on a flat ate There are certain established usages A R Scott manager of the McCook j which though not legally binding are not to be contravened with impunity Electric company was summoned be- en Is considered for fore the council and was instructed wrong brothers to marry until their s sters that all discrimination must cease have been wed Again girls must mar and that meters must be installed rv in mvw nf COnWitv it ii without unnecessary delay It was moved by Councilman Stans berry and seconded by Councilman the council adjourned until Friday evening January 27 1911 at 800 pany for report and the Light Com J oclock p m Motion carried SNAP BARGAINS IN FINE FARMS IN CHEROKEE CO KANS 20 Miles from Joplin Missouri No Crop Failures 50 Inches Rainfall be right for a girl to be married while she had an elder sister who remained single The men of a family are thus McConnell that the mayor instruct tha1 naturally anxious to see their sisters street man to adequately repair the sewer man hole near the East Ward school building Motion carried Report of the water committee as to the condition of sewer flushing tanks read and ordered filed On motion by Councilman Waite seconded by Councilman McConnell settled and as a dowry is indispensa ble Its provision is often a matter of serious anxiety and the fruit of great self denial on the part of the brothers if the parents are dead There are cases In which brothers have remained unmarried for years and have devoted all their hard earned savings to the dowries of their sisters Among the poorer classes emigration is resorted to not infrequently solely with this object and many a dowry comes to a Greek maiden from across the Atlantic London Daily Mail The Way of a Woman They had been quarreling and al though hubby was willing to take the blame all upon himself and smooth matters over peaceably she was still snippy and indifferent Come over here Jessie Arent you curious to know what is in this pack- doing too much of that sort of tiling Oh not very I can stand the late years with detriment to the home strain she replied belligerently Well its something for the one I loves best in all the world he said coaxlngly trying to win a smile Oh ls that so she sniffed I suppose then its those suspenders you said you needed Lipplncotts Would Improve Old Lady I want you to take back that parrot you sold me I find it swears very badly Bird Dealer Well madam its a very young bird Itll learn to swear better when its a bit older Every Womans Magazine Where Did She Get It First Lady Did you notice Awkes ad a black eye Mrs Second Lady Did I not And er ushand not out of prison for another week I dont call it respectable T jggaaEiagas HreaaragwrawBS g swlifSZS nnoMKi HIS SPACE should he of interest to the Clothes Buy ers the Neat Dressers the people that want the worth of their money We intend to make worth your while to read what we have to say from week to week While as merchants we are new to you we are not new to the business We have been buying and selling goods for thirty five years We intend to give you a real store sell real goods Will have a line of suits better than ever handled in Mc Cook Price will be no more than you now pay We are marking stuff down every day No reason why McCook people should pay more for goods than other cities charge Come and see us Galusha Son One Price No Monkey Business ms2 mEmFMmmjm wmm 3gBgsgn The McCook Tribune 1 the Year Payable in Advance I The Bell Wether of the Range Flock ill I Ji WW V nllml y7rT J f majestic MM y r AVE YOU ever noticed the number of ranges on the market now made of Malleable Iron the material used in constructing THE GREAT MAJESTIC RANGE ever since its birth Have you ever noticed how other ranges are trying to imitate the MAJESTIC MOVABLE RESERVOIR How others imitate the selling methods of the MAJESTIC the ap pearance of the MAJESTIC Yes and even the name They are like the sheep in a flock they listlessly follow the bell wether They are always a few jumps behind however Just now THE GREAT MAJESTIC RANGE is the only range in the world the body of which is made of OLD STYLE CHARCOAL IRON material that resists rust 300 per cent greater than steel Its the only material that comes any where near lasting as long as Malleable Iron When you are ready for that new range let us show you THE GREAT MAJESTIC the range that leads them all - jivjUuik ii ill y ware Co n M I f 0 Y v 1j h
